Where does “mile” come from?

mile (Danish) comes from English mile, from Middle English myle, from Old English mīl, from Latin mīlia, from Proto-West Germanic mīliju, from Latin Mīlle, from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂.

mile (Danish): dune; charcoal stack; atomic pile

Definitions

  1. dune; charcoal stack; atomic pile

Ancestry of “mile”, step by step

mile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmileThe international mile: a unit of length...
2Middle Englishmylemile; The time it takes to walk a mile;...
3Old Englishmīlmillet; mile
4Latinmīlia
5Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂

via Old Norse melr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemelrdune; sandbank
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslīEvery word from Latin Mīlle